boyfriend/girlfriend husband 8 realizations FAMILY: Dravidian
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 16423)
type Polysemy
language Kannada
lexeme vallabha
meaning 1 husband
direction
meaning 2 lover
reference Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 851
comment Also the same polysemy: kāṃta (227)
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 29416)
type Polysemy
language Kannada
lexeme kānta (ಕಾನ್ತ)
meaning 1 desired, loved, dear, beloved
direction
meaning 2 husband
reference Kittel 1968-1971: 429
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 15954)
type Polysemy
language Kurux
lexeme 1 mēt
lexeme 2 mēt
meaning 1 husband mukkā mēt khusmārnum kacnakhr’ālagyar
husband and wife were talking joyfully
direction
meaning 2 lover ā pellō mēt ujja kerā
this girl has gone to live with a lover
reference Oraon-English Dictionary: 490
comment mēt (definite form mētas)
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 16617)
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme aṉpaṉ
meaning 1 lover
direction
meaning 2 husband
reference Tamil lexicon: 183
comment Other lexemes with the same polysemy: ārvalaṉ, kaṇṇāḷaṉ, kātalaṉ and its Old Tamil variant kātalōṉ, naṇpaṉ, jīvitēcaṉ.
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 30620)
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme ārvalaṉ
meaning 1 beloved
direction
meaning 2 husband
reference Tamil lexicon
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 30621)
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme kaṇṇāḷaṉ
meaning 1 beloved
direction
meaning 2 husband
reference Tamil lexicon
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 30622)
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme kātalaṉ
meaning 1 beloved
direction
meaning 2 husband
reference Tamil lexicon
comment

Old Tamil kātalōṉ

ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 30623)
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme jīvitēcaṉ
meaning 1 beloved
direction
meaning 2 husband
reference Tamil lexicon
comment